Continuous-Variable Entangled States of Light carrying Orbital Angular Momentum

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العنوان: Continuous-Variable Entangled States of Light carrying Orbital Angular Momentum
المؤلفون: Pecoraro, A., Cardano, F., Marrucci, L., Porzio, A.
المصدر: Phys. Rev. A 100, 012321 (2019)
سنة النشر: 2018
المجموعة: Quantum Physics
مصطلحات موضوعية: Quantum Physics
الوصف: The orbital angular momentum of light, unlike spin, is an infinite-dimensional discrete variable and may hence offer enhanced performances for encoding, transmitting, and processing information in the quantum regime. Hitherto, this degree of freedom of light has been studied mainly in the context of quantum states with definite number of photons. On the other hand, field-quadrature continuous-variable quantum states of light allow implementing many important quantum protocols not accessible with photon-number states. Here, we present the first generation and complete experimental characterization of a bipartite continuous-variable Gaussian entangled state endowed with non-zero orbital angular momentum. A q-plate is used to transfer the continuous-variable entanglement initially generated in polarization into orbital angular momentum. We then apply a reconfigurable homodyne detector to various combinations of orbital angular momentum modes in order to reconstruct the entire quantum-state covariance matrix, by directly measuring the fluctuations of quadrature operators. Our work is a step towards generating multipartite continuous-variable entanglement in a single optical beam.
Comment: To appear in Phys. Rev. A
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.100.012321
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/1805.05105
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.1805.05105
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv
الوصف
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.100.012321